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ROBERT ALLEN GOVAN
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 27, 1934 – April 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Govan, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 1, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 85
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 606 ACS
- Born
- May 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 1, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “606 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 85
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JOHN KING HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RICHARD WILLIAMSColonel · Panel 17E, Line 90
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.